Last week, I had the chance to talk with New Jersey alt-rockers Throwing Color. The band formed last year and have recently finished recording their debut EP, "The Static Seas", which will be digitally released (available on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, etc.) on April 14th, 2009.

Musically, Throwing Color plays Warped-tour style alt-pop. You can check out a couple of tracks from the forthcoming EP which are streaming on the band's Myspace page. You can also check out some live tracks from the band on Throwing Color's JamNow page.

In a recent interview with The Daily Rock, vocalist Drew Duddy describes the lyrical themes on "The Static Seas" as "deal[ing] with a lot of issues that I was facing at the time of our writing process...[o]ne thing that we tried to accomplish with these songs is to look at these issues in a positive light and let others know that they can break free from any negative life-style, no matter how difficult it may be."

NYC Press Interview with BrooklynRocks


"How To Feed a Skeleton" (First video from "The Static Seas")


Throwing Color are in Austin this week (like the rest of the music world) for SXSW and the band has a couple local area shows scheduled in April.

Here is their complete list of tour dates:

SWSX:
March 18, 2009, 1:00PM, RedGorilla Music Fest @ The Chuggin’ Monkey
March 19, 2009, 12:00PM, The Bayou
March 21, 2009, 2:30PM, RollingStone.com SXSW Showcase @ Peckerheads w/Lady Sovereign
March 21, 2009, 7:30PM, Seven Starr Management SXSW Showcase @ The Bayou w/ TV/TV, The Summer Set, and Big Surrender

(Mostly) Area Shows
March 28, 2009, 8:00PM, Loyola College Relay For LIfe, Baltimore, Maryland
April 5, 2009, 6:00PM, WSOU Juvenile Diabetes Benefit@ Dingbatz, Clifton, New Jersey
April 11, 2009, 7:00PM, Holmdel Firehouse(Moving Mountains, Bears and Bright Lights), Holmdel, New Jersey
April 17, 2009, 7:00PM, 7 @ 7 Club, Cherry Hill, NJ
April 25, 2009, 8:00PM, United Methodist Church, New Providence, New Jersey